Do you have a research project on one living thing in the sea? Use this link to the Marine Studies site, click on the aquarium guide, select species and then hyperlink to your particular plant or animal.
Take a look at one of the movies on the Marine Studies database. Take brief notes and then find one other source of information about this topic. Now create a brief presentation about your topic (poster, information report, labelled diagram, keynote, animation, diarama ...)
Take a virtual field trip on the Marine Studies database. Use the time line and select the dredge gear. Select some of the data and display it in graph form. Comment on the trend your graph highlights.
Where do your fish and chips come from? Look at this video on the Science Learn website then use the information to show where your fish and chips come from using a food web diagram.
Watch this video, taken near the Portobello aquarium, and list ten living things Victoria Rosin shares with the group.
1. Write down three facts you found especially interesting and would like to share.
2. Place those ten things in a food web, showing the relationship between them.
This link to the National Aquarium of New Zealand has some images and brief facts about different species living in and around the rocky shore.
Select one living thing and then find one other information source before creating your i.d. card.
If you need more information on creatures such as crabs, snails, mussels or starfish- look up this link on the National Aquarium site with facts sheets on some of these animals.
Go to the 'animal' section on this webquest. Show how they have organised the table by following the links and drawing a diagram of some of the creatures mentioned.
Use this link on Science learn to use an interactive and build an ideal home for crab larvae. In your reading or topic book write a summary of what you have learned.
Use the information from this Incredible Science link to show how two different sea creatures are well suited to their rocky shore environment. Then click on the interactive activity (top right) to classify different creatures/plants.
View this video about inter tidal zones in Canada. After you have viewed the video complete a 'compare & contrast' graphic organiser, such as a Venn Diagram or Comparison alley, comparing inter tidal areas in Canada and New Zealand
Draw a diagram, or use a triple T chart, to classify the living things listed in this article according to the zone they are most likely to be found.
Use this link to open the Marine System interactive. Explore the site and take notes on classifications and relationships. Once you have completed this in your reading book complete the chart (class worksheet) to make a marine food web.
Taonga Moana_treasures of the sea
1. Write down three facts you found especially interesting and would like to share.
2. Place those ten things in a food web, showing the relationship between them.
Select one living thing and then find one other information source before creating your i.d. card.
The Intertidal Zone by David Denning, National Film Board of Canada